diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index f6880ce..4d93e7e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@
     property_get("debug.sf.treat_170m_as_sRGB", value, "0");
     mTreat170mAsSrgb = atoi(value);
 
+    mIgnoreHwcPhysicalDisplayOrientation =
+            base::GetBoolProperty("debug.sf.ignore_hwc_physical_display_orientation"s, false);
+
     // We should be reading 'persist.sys.sf.color_saturation' here
     // but since /data may be encrypted, we need to wait until after vold
     // comes online to attempt to read the property. The property is
@@ -2401,7 +2404,8 @@
     if (!id) {
         return ui::ROTATION_0;
     }
-    if (getHwComposer().getComposer()->isSupported(
+    if (!mIgnoreHwcPhysicalDisplayOrientation &&
+        getHwComposer().getComposer()->isSupported(
                 Hwc2::Composer::OptionalFeature::PhysicalDisplayOrientation)) {
         switch (getHwComposer().getPhysicalDisplayOrientation(*id)) {
             case Hwc2::AidlTransform::ROT_90:
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 51d7216..678495d 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@
     // on this behavior to increase contrast for some media sources.
     bool mTreat170mAsSrgb = false;
 
+    // Allows to ignore physical orientation provided through hwc API in favour of
+    // 'ro.surface_flinger.primary_display_orientation'.
+    // TODO(b/246793311): Clean up a temporary property
+    bool mIgnoreHwcPhysicalDisplayOrientation = false;
+
 protected:
     // We're reference counted, never destroy SurfaceFlinger directly
     virtual ~SurfaceFlinger();